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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/gpio/Kconfig | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/gpio/Makefile | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.h | 15 |
3 files changed, 31 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig index c7292a50aec4..cbf8a60dec03 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig @@ -66,8 +66,21 @@ config GPIO_SYSFS This ABI is deprecated. If you want to use GPIO from userspace, use the character device /dev/gpiochipN with the appropriate - ioctl() operations instead. The character device is always - available. + ioctl() operations instead. + +config GPIO_CDEV + bool + prompt "Character device (/dev/gpiochipN) support" if EXPERT + default y + help + Say Y here to add the character device /dev/gpiochipN interface + for GPIOs. The character device allows userspace to control GPIOs + using ioctl() operations. + + Only say N if you are sure that the GPIO character device is not + required. + + If unsure, say Y. config GPIO_GENERIC depends on HAS_IOMEM # Only for IOMEM drivers diff --git a/drivers/gpio/Makefile b/drivers/gpio/Makefile index 639275eb4e4d..6c3791a55a7b 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/Makefile +++ b/drivers/gpio/Makefile @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ ccflags-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_GPIO) += -DDEBUG obj-$(CONFIG_GPIOLIB) += gpiolib.o obj-$(CONFIG_GPIOLIB) += gpiolib-devres.o obj-$(CONFIG_GPIOLIB) += gpiolib-legacy.o -obj-$(CONFIG_GPIOLIB) += gpiolib-cdev.o obj-$(CONFIG_OF_GPIO) += gpiolib-of.o +obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_CDEV) += gpiolib-cdev.o obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS) += gpiolib-sysfs.o obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_ACPI) += gpiolib-acpi.o diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.h b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.h index 973578e7ad10..19a4e3d57120 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.h +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.h @@ -5,7 +5,22 @@ #include <linux/device.h> +#ifdef CONFIG_GPIO_CDEV + int gpiolib_cdev_register(struct gpio_device *gdev, dev_t devt); void gpiolib_cdev_unregister(struct gpio_device *gdev); +#else + +static inline int gpiolib_cdev_register(struct gpio_device *gdev, dev_t devt) +{ + return 0; +} + +static inline void gpiolib_cdev_unregister(struct gpio_device *gdev) +{ +} + +#endif /* CONFIG_GPIO_CDEV */ + #endif /* GPIOLIB_CDEV_H */ |